Sri Lankan army troops fought their way into another village still held by the Tamil Tigers, an Army official said, as India raised fears for safety civilians caught up in the war.
The Sri Lankan military official said that the army troop marched into the village of Visuamadu in the final phase of operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Visuamadu area is the toughest fighting reign of the tigers, Troops have entered
Army troops were now too close to the Tiger positions. From the mid 2007 the territory was under control of the Tigers. It has been rapidly shrinking and the guerrillas lost their last urban centre when the military seized the town of Mullaittivu on Sunday.
During the yesterday clashes, security forces engaged the rebels in five different areas in the small triangle of coastal territory still held by the LTTE and killed 19 rebels, the military official said. They believe Two of the rebels killed by troops to be senior field commanders Among the 19.
the military not suffered casualties in the latest fighting, they are trying to capture 30 kilometres (18 miles) of sea front north of Mullaittivu, the rebels’ main military headquarters.
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee called International concern or urgent measures to protect civilians caught up in the fighting.
ICRC said Medical facilities there were overwhelmed by "hundreds of dead and scores of wounded,” from its headquarters in Geneva. In the statement they also mention "It’s high time to take decisive action and stop further bloodshed because time is running out,”
A local health official view, minimum 178 civilians have been killed and another 725 injured in fighting during this month.
The massive thousands of people have been killed since the Tigers launched their war for a separate Tamil homeland in 1972.